Ancestry of
Brandon Routh

TV and Movie Actor

Rhoda Aezina Smith

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• • 3rd Great-grandmother of Brandon Routh — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 61 
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  • Birth Date:
  • 31 Jan 1841 
  • Birth Location:
  • Illinois 
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  • Death Date:
  • 4 Mar 1905 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Cedar Cemetery, Montrose, Montrose Co., Colorado 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Benjamin Taffe Brandon
  • Marriage Date:
  • 26 Aug 1855 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Adams County, Iowa 
  • Child:

  William Martin Brandon (Ahnentafel No:30 )

  • Notes: 

  • Rhoda Aezina Smith is said by some to be the daughter of Moses Smith and Rachel Ratcliff. However, she does not appear in the 1850 or 1860 federal census for that family. More research is needed to identify Rhoda's parents.

• Sources for Rhoda Aezina Smith

  • ¹ Federal Census, IA, Adams County, 1870, Union, p. 1, Image 1 of 10.
  • ² Federal Census, IA, Adams County, 1880, Grant, E.D. 14, p. 32, Image 16 of 20.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/27/2019).
  • ⁴ Iowa, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996, Marriage record for Benjamin Brandon and Rhoda Smith.

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